4.1.0 Final RC

www.php.net/~zeev/php-4.1.0RC3.tar.gz What does 'Final RC' mean? As discussed with php-qa guys (on IRC, you didn't miss a thread), we decided that the current release process is problematic (surprise surprise :). The particular issue we diagnosed this time was that RC branches were changing too much, and because basically each and every change requires a new RC - the release process can linger for quite a while. There are more issues, but this is definitely an issue on its own. So, we decided that there are going to be two stages for RC's: (a) RC a-la what we had until now. It will usually be in the range of weeks. (b) Once we feel enough bugs have been fixed, a final RC is created. For this RC, only *critical show stoppers* are fixed. That is, even bug fixes are not MFH'd unless they're for critical bugs. If a critical show stopper is found, a fix should be merged to the RC branch, and a new Final RC should be released. So, for the developers amongst you - please do not MFH anything before discussing it on php-dev and convincing everyone it really fixes a critical bug. I expect that the QA guys will phrase what I typed up about the 'Final RC' approach into the release process description. I apologize in advance in case it doesn't make sense to you - it may be a stupid idea, but it may just be me being high on this Finnish Kossu :) Cheers, Zeev